Product Description

Two women are taken back to Bosnia in the WWII era, in which a small group of women and children must answer the question "What would you die for?" When a group of bitter soldiers stumble upon their peaceful village in the midst of a birthday party, the God loving inhabitants have a grim opportunity to find out.

In this moving novella, Ted Dekker poses the questions and beliefs of love, reality, and eternity. The women who relive the story are forever changed, and are made beautiful by their new understanding of heaven through the Martyr's Song. Ted Dekker, softcover, 130 pages.

Publisher's Description

What would you die for?

That's the question suddenly thrust upon a small band of women and children in Bosnia at the close of World War II. When a group of bitter soldiers stumble upon their peaceful village, they suddenly face an insidious evil...and the ultimate test.

It is then, in the midst of chaos and pain that the Martyr's Song is first heard. It is then that the window into heaven first opens. It is then that love and beauty are shown in breathtaking reality.

You have in your hands the story and the song that changed...everything.

I found this book to be such a deviation from Dekker's intensely creepy novels! Although it is short, the power behind his words brought me to tears at one point. It is a poignant portrayal of love...worth the few hours it will take to read it! This is one book I won't forget.

Having first read When Heaven Weeps, I was very disappointed in The Martyr's Song. I was expecting a new story that tied in with the original story like the others, but it was 90% word for word from When Heaven Weeps. It's rare for me to not thoroughly love a Ted Dekker novel, but this one really let me down. I gave it 2 stars because if I hadn't first read When Heaven Weeps, I think I would have enjoy this one more. This is just my opinion.

This book was very good, but not as good as the rest of the series which I'd read first. If you plan on reading When Heaven Weeps," then there is no need to read this book too. Besides a small sub-plot, it is word for word taken out of "When Heaven Weeps."

This was the most moving book I have ever read. I enjoyed it so much I passed to a friend who passed it to a friend who passed it to a friend. I told them to keep passing it on and I would buy myself a new copy. I hope more people will buy it and pass it on.